Slytherin & Gryffindor: Misconceptions

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 123582


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "esmith222002" <c.john at i...> 
wrote:
 
> 
> 
> Agreed. Clearly SS was a flawed individual. Even if COS is a 
> protective measure, it is over protective. THere was an incident on 
> the Tube recently where a father punched a man for standing on his 
> child and making them cry. However, the poor man fell awkwardly, 
> bumped his head and died. Being over-protective does often have 
> serious consequences. However, the point remains that SS was 
probably 
> a decent human being - unlike his descendant!!
> 
> Brothergib

Hickengruendler:

But there is IMO a difference between this incident and Slytherin's 
behaviour. The father in your example obviously overreacted, which 
lead to the poor other person's death. But it was an accident. 
Slytherin however planned murder. Your example would IMO be closer, 
if the child's father had pulled a gun and shot the other person. As 
it currently seems, I see no excuse for Slytherin, who was an 
accomplice in murder. However, maybe it isn't how it was told in CoS, 
and the Basilisk was in the Chamber for another reason, which IMO is 
a possibility, although I don't think it's very likely. But if we 
will learn something like this, I might reconsider my opinion about 
him, otherwise I see him as a villain and murderer.

Hickengruendler